Francis Gibbs Crawley-Boevey

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 22 Oct 1813, St Michael, Gloucester, Gloucestershire
• Residence: 1841, Flaxley, Gloucestershire

Notes:

Died:
Flaxley Abbey

Martin married Elizabeth Daubeny on 7 Jun 1836 in Walcot, Somerset. Elizabeth (daughter of Rev. George William Daubeny and Elizabeth Crawley) was born on 6 Dec 1814 in Bath, Somerset; died on 9 Aug 1892 in Westbury On Severn, Gloucestershire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1851, Flaxley, Gloucestershire

Thomas married Mary Albinia Page on 28 Oct 1807 in St Marylebone, London. Mary (daughter of Thomas Hyde Page, Sir and Mary Albinia Woodward) was born on 22 Sep 1784 in Bettshanger Park, Kent; died on 16 Feb 1835 in Flaxley Abbey, Gloucester, Gloucestershire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Christening: 30 Sep 1784, Bishopsbourne, Kent

George married Elizabeth Crawley on 23 Sep 1811 in Whissendine, Rutland. Elizabeth (daughter of Rev. Charles Crawley and Mary Gibbs) was born on 29 Jul 1791 in Stowe, Northamptonshire; died on 3 Jan 1884 in Seend Green House, Wiltshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Elizabeth (4th daughter), born at Stowe 29 July 1791; died 3 January 1884; married 24 September 1811 Rev. George William Daubeny (1784-1860), for whose family see 'Antony & Dorothea Gibbs' by J.A. Gibbs, pp. 254 and n, and 446, and Burke's 'Landed Gentry' under Daubeny of Cote. She had six sons and three daughters, and numerous descendants of hers are living.

Thomas married Anne Savage on 20 Feb 1769 in St Michael, Gloucester, Gloucestershire. Anne (daughter of Rev. Thomas Savage and Eleanor Barrow) was born on 10 Nov 1745; died on 10 Sep 1816 in Gloucestershire; was buried on 17 Sep 1816. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Sir Thomas Hyde Page, FRS (1746–1821) was a decorated British military engineer and cartographer for the British crown

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hyde_Page

Thomas married Mary Albinia Woodward on 7 Aug 1783 in Christchurch Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent. Mary (daughter of Captain John Woodward and Catherine Monins) was born in Jan 1760 in Ringwould, Kent; died on 23 Jan 1794 in Tros-yr-afon House, Beaumaris,Isle of Anglesey, Wales; was buried in Beaumaris Church, Isle of Anglesey, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Christening: 31 Jan 1760, Dover, Kent

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Buried:
Buried in the Chancel of Beaumaris Church

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• Occupation: 1804, Salisbury, Wiltshire; Archdeacon of Salisbury

Notes:

Charles Daubeny (1745–1827) was an English churchman and controversialist, who became archdeacon of Salisbury.

The second son of George Daubeny, a Bristol merchant, he was baptized 16 August 1745, educated at a private school at Philip's Norton, and sent when 15 years old to Winchester College. Shortly after his admission he fell ill, was incapacitated for more than a year, and never entirely recovered. He became head boy of the school, and at age 18 gained an exhibition at New College, Oxford, where he later became a Fellow.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Daubeny_(priest)

Charles married Elizabeth Barnston on 19 Jul 1778 in Essex. Elizabeth was born on 13 Nov 1754 in London; died in Jan 1823 in Rode, Wiltshire; was buried on 23 Jan 1823 in Bath Abbey, Somerset. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Stowe Nine Churches; Rector of Stowe Nine Churches
• Occupation: Broadway, Worcestershire; Vicar of Broadway, Worcestershire

Notes:

His mother Susanna was sister of Rev. John Lloyd, D.D. (d. 1788), rector and patron of Stowe-nine-churches, Northants. His elder brother was Sir Thomas Brawley-Boevey of Flaxley Abbey (successor as 2nd bart. to the baronetcy of Sir Charles Barrow of Highgrove, Gloucestershire, and grandfather of Matilda Blanche Crawley-Boevey, the wife of William Gibbs of Tyntesfield. Their sisters were Catherine (1753-1842), the wife of Rev. Duke Yonge (1750-1823), vicar of Cornwood, Devon, who has descendants; and Susanna (b. 1748, died childless 1880), who married (1) Edmund Bastard, (2) Sir Thomas Hyde Page, whose daughter by a second marriage, Mary Albinia, was mother of Matilda Blanche Crawley-Boevey above mentioned.

Charles Crawley and Mary (Gibbs), their children and numerous members of the Crawley and Crawley-Boevey families and of families connnected with them enter into 'Antony & Dorothea Gibbs' by J.A. Gibbs or are mentioned in it. There are also there pedigrees (pp 445-6) and references (e.g. pp. 35n and 445-6) to other books, pedigrees, etc., the most ont he Boevey family and their connections entitled 'The Perverse Widow', Ruvigny's 'Plantaganet Roll (Clarence, Vol. 1905) and Burke's Peerage. In 'Antony & Dorothea Gibbs' by J. A. Gibbs, pp. 439-43, and in the Additions of 1922 and 1927, there is also a list of portraits of members (born before 1820) of the Crawley and connected families.

Charles Crawley was curate, first of Broad Clyst nr. Clyst St. George, next till 1789 - of Whitestone, nr. Exwick. In 1789, inheriting from his uncle Dr. Lloyd aforesaid the living of Stowe-nine-churches, he moved there from Devon, and lived there for the rest of his life. From 1784 for at least 50 years he was also vicar of Broadway, co. Worcester, but never resided there. He bought Pytte in Clyst St. George (1790) when his father-in-law was compelled to give it up but sold it out of the family in 1796 or 7.

For his and Sir Thomas's and their sisters' descent from King Edward III, see Ruvigny's 'Clarence' Vol. above mentioned, Burke's 'Royal Descents' (1858) and Ellacombe's Clyst St. George (1862).

The children of Charles Crawley and Mary (Gibbs) were:
(a) Charles (1st son), born at Whitestone, Devon, 25 September, 1788; educated at Rugby School (entered 1797); matric Oxford (Univ. College) 26 June 1807; 2nd Cl. Classics School and B.A. 1811; married 14 May 1825 Eliza Catherine, daughter of Abraham Grimes (for which family see the book Antony & Dorothea Gibbs by J.A. Gibbs, p. 377 n6); died 30 September 1871 at his house (now called Lawn Upton and (1931) in the ownership of Lord Wraxall of Chart XVIII) in Littlemore, Oxon, and was buried at Littlemore. He was in Antony Gibbs & Sons 1814-46, and a partner 1820-38 (in Spain for them 1818-19, in Chile and Peru for them 1828-33). A director of the London Assurance Corporation, 1842-65. A member of the Club 'Nobody's Friends' 1813-71. Alternate patron with Oriel College, Oxford, of the living of Littlemore, to the church of which (built in 1835 by his friend, Rev. John H. Newman-Cardinal later) he gave the chancel. For note of portraits of him and his wife, see 'Antony & Dorothea Gibbs' by J.A. Gibbs p.441. The eldest child of his only child, Charles Edward, was William Scott Crawley of Charlbury, Oxon. (b. 1858).
(b) George Abraham Crawley (2nd son), born at Stowe aforesaid 26 September 1795; educated at Rugby School (entered 1808); married 29 September 1826 Caroline, daughter of David Powell (for whose family see 'Antony & Dorothea Gibbs' by J.A. Gibbs p. 377, n6); died at Ambleside 24th and was buried 31 July 1862 in Highgate Cemetry. He was articled in 1812 to Jones & Green, solicitors in London, admitted solicitor 1817, afterwards partner in Pemberton Crawley & Gardener, London, later Crawley Arnold & Co. Marshal to Chief Justice Sir Vicary Gibbs 1815. Many years legal adviser to teh National Society and Treasurer to the Additional Curates Fund. Member 1819-62, Secretary 1833-62, of 'Nobody's Friends'. A spcial memoir of him by G.E.Cokayne is in the book, 'Nobody's Friends' (privileged printed 1885). His home from 1839 onwards was Fitzroy Farm, Highgate, which he built. By his two married sons and four married daughters he has numerous descendants, and one of his grandsons, Canon A. Stafford Crawley, married Anstice Katharine, grand-daughter of William and Matilda Blanche Gibbs, above mentioned.
(c) Anne Crawley (1st daughter), born 4 August 1785 at Whitestone; married 21 April 1806, her 1st cousin, Rev. John Lloyed Crawley (Boevey), born 1775, died 1850, record of Heyford, Northants, 2nd son of Sir T. Crawley-Boevey; died 2 January 1865 and was buried at Heyford. She had eight sons and three daughters and numerous descendants of hers are still living.
(d) Mary Crawley (2nd daughter), born at Whitestone 25 October 1786; died at Rugby unmarried on 16 April 1865, and was buried at Stowe aforesaid.
(e) Susanna Crawley (3rd daughter), born at Exeter 28 April 1790; died at Rugby unmarried on 14 April 1865, and was buried at Stowe.
(f) Elizabeth (4th daughter), born at Stowe 29 July 1791; died 3 January 1884; married 24 September 1811 Rev. George William Daubeny (1784-1860), for whose family see 'Antony & Dorothea Gibbs' by J.A. Gibbs, pp. 254 and n, and 446, and Burke's 'Landed Gentry' under Daubeny of Cote. She had six sons and three daughters, and numerous descendants of hers are living.
(g) Isabella (5th daughter), born at Bristol 23 October 1792; died young.
(h) Caroline (6th daughter), 1794-1850, married her 1st cousin, George Henry Gibbs, brother of William Gibbs, mentioned at the beginning of this note.
(i) Charlotte (7th daughter), born at Stowe 25 February 1799; married 7 October 1822 her 1st cousin, Rev. William Crawley (1790-1856) (5th son of Sir T. Crawley-Boevey, 2nd baronet), perpetual curate of Flaxley; died 14 December 1878. She had one son and three daughters and numerous descendants of hers are living.

Charles married Mary Gibbs on 12 Apr 1784 in Exeter Cathedral, Exeter, Devon. Mary (daughter of George Abraham Gibbs, of Pytte and Anne Vicary, of Dunkeswell) was born on 2 Jan 1759 in Exeter, Devon; died on 31 Oct 1819 in Stowe-nine-Churches, Northamptonshire; was buried on 8 Nov 1819 in Stowe, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

For a note of portraits see 'Antony & Dorothea Gibbs' by J. A. Gibbs, p. 441 and Additions to it of 1922.